REM: a fully robotic telescope for GRB observations

Stefano Covino; Mauro Stefanon; Giorgio Sciuto; Alberto Fernandez-Soto; Gino Tosti; Filippo Maria Zerbi; Guido Chincarini; Lucio A. Antonelli; Paolo Conconi; Giuseppe Cutispoto; Emilio Molinari; Luciano Nicastro; Marcello Rodono

doi:10.1117/12.551532

30 September 2004 REM: a fully robotic telescope for GRB observations

Stefano Covino, Mauro Stefanon, Giorgio Sciuto, Alberto Fernandez-Soto, Gino Tosti, Filippo Maria Zerbi, Guido Chincarini, Lucio A. Antonelli, Paolo Conconi, Giuseppe Cutispoto, Emilio Molinari, Luciano Nicastro, Marcello Rodono

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551532
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Rapid Eye Mount (REM) telescope is an ambitious project devoted to the prompt observations, in the optical and Near Infrared (NIR), of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) whose high energy emission is mainly detected by the Swift satellite. The system is able to immediately react to a GRB alert and perform observations, data reduction and analyses, distributing GRB counterparts in a timescale of tens of seconds. Apart from GRB observations, REM can also drive autonomous observations of a variety of targets as X-ray transients, flare stars, etc. We describe here how REM can manage all these tasks robotically, taking into account environmental and scientific parameters as seeing, visibility, target priority, etc.

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Stefano Covino, Mauro Stefanon, Giorgio Sciuto, Alberto Fernandez-Soto, Gino Tosti, Filippo Maria Zerbi, Guido Chincarini, Lucio A. Antonelli, Paolo Conconi, Giuseppe Cutispoto, Emilio Molinari, Luciano Nicastro, and Marcello Rodono "REM: a fully robotic telescope for GRB observations", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551532

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